So what's the story behind your avatar?

[Dave Gilbert]

Some of you know that my company manufactures denim for Mudd Jeans.  My avatar comes from one of Mudd's old hang tags:



Am I the only one who is freaked out by this guy?  I don't know what the tag designers were thinking...

[Privateer Puddin']

I'm obsessed with Family Guy..

[Vel]

One sunny day I took a picture of myself in my grandma's yard.
There. I hope you like it.

[DGMacphee]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070290/

I'll try and grab a clip from the video sometime soon.

[Al_Ninio]

I'm obsessed with Metal Slug.
Best side-scrolling shooter arcade game. EVAR!!1!

*edit* And uh, that's where my avatar is from.

[remixor]

I like to sit high on my soapbox throne of self-importance and look down condescendingly upon the insignificant gibbering internet masses.

[Andail]

This is a long story.

When I was young, my parents took me to the museum of natural history. There was a big whale there, which you could go inside to see how big it was.
However, my parents forgot me there, and as the museum closed, they also closed the whale and I was trapped inside.
The following day, my parents came back to look for me, but failed, so they took another kid instead.
And that kid is me, Andail.

[SSH]

I was walking along one day and then this baby jumped on top of me and wrestled me to the ground. We rolled and rolled in a tussle of death.

Or maybe my wife took this photo of me playing with my daughter at my Gran's house and then I animated it with rotation...

[Nostradamus]

I was really into South Park at the time I joined, 2.5 years ago. My first avatar wa sKenny on a toilet and then when I saw this animated one I simply loved it.

[AGA]

Well if you don't recognise my avatar, you don't deserve to be here. Every self respecting adventure fan should recognise Roger Wilco after all! (Thanks go to RobertEric, who originally ripped and animated the gif)

[Inkoddi]

One day, when I was walking in the forest, a terrifying beast confronted me and tried to eat me. I ran for my life, the beast was only four metres away when I jumped on top of my bike and drove home with the beast left behind. That's where my avatar comes from. (or maybe I was just lazy and drew it in one minute)

[Ben]

It's one of those things that nobody thinks is funny except for me.. Isn't that the point of avatars?

[Ferret]

After a year of idling, I though "fuck it". 5 minutes later... avatar!

TEH EDIT : Okay, I actually stole my current screen-name from another website (but hey, who doesn't?). If anyone here reads Atomic Toy, and had visited the site around the time Matrix Reloaded was released, you'd know where I got it from. To everyone else who missed it, well that's too damn bad!

[DragonRose]

For a long time, I didn't have an avatar because I wanted one of a dragon and I couldn't find one.  So I got a picture of me, messed around with colour balances and filters, and boom!

BEFORE---------------------------------------AFTER


Sorry guys, I'm not really a red head.

[Hobbes]

A Dutch artist, Bram Vermeulen, makes music, paints, writes, etc. He made this painting about being drunk. I like it.

[Trapezoid]

Mine's the Oingo Boingo mascot logo thingy. Good band.

Oh, I used to have Pee Wee Herman for my avatar. I don't know why.

[Esseb]

It was originally meant as an inventory object for a game I made. I needed an avatar and felt it lacked a cigarette.

[veryweirdguy]

It's one of those things that nobody thinks is funny except for me.. Isn't that the point of avatars?

Lol yeah, same here.

I made my goose as an icon to go in the bottom corner of every page for a project I did at school, different for each page. He kinda stuck.

[TheDude]

My avatar's a band called Mother Love Bone.

"Mother Love Bone has become a legendary Seattle band, but its music is less familiar than its story. The heroin overdose that killed lead singer Andrew Wood came just before the release of ''Apple,'' the band's major label debut, and this seminal forerunner of the Seattle sound that has become such a major force sank without a trace."

Two of the remaining members then went on to form Pearl Jam (my favourite band) who are one of the 4 main Seattle bands (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains).

[Vel]

VWG, I think your gooses rock!